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Dec. 9:  David Hacker is an associate professor in the Department of Geology at 91�㽶��Ƶ University at Trumbull. His main area of focus deals with mega-landslides in volcanic events. His book, Earth’s Natural Hazards: Understanding Natural Disasters and Catastrophes is one of the standard textbooks in the field.  Learn more about the  Department of Geology  Learn more about David Hacker Listen to the Elevations interview: ...

91�㽶��Ƶ University at Tuscarawas student and councilman-at-large Eric Harmon, 19, is currently the youngest elected official in the state of Ohio and will be the youngest person ever to serve on Uhrichsville City Council when his term officially begins in January. Mr. Harmon is deeply rooted in the city of Uhrichsville and plans to not only remain in the area, but also make a difference in his community. “I think it’s important that we have people in the area who are willing to step up and make a positive difference,” he says. Mr. Harmon sees the local economy as the main issue that h...

91�㽶��Ƶ University has always taken great pride in its global academic initiatives as well as the number of international students that enrolled at 91�㽶��Ƶ. Among the thousands of international students, two are particularly unique: Chynara and Eldona Ryskulova, respectively mother and daughter. The two women have traveled across the globe multiple times in pursuit of their academic dreams here at 91�㽶��Ƶ. Early in 2011, Chynara was awarded the opportunity to attend 91�㽶��Ƶ on a full scholarship, so she and her daughter, Eldona, moved from the capital city of Bishkek in Kyrgyzst...

This summer, journalism major Brandon Bounds, ‘19, will work alongside the nation’s top student journalists to report on hate speech across the nation through the prestigious News21 program.   The News21 program is part of an effort on the part of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York to change the way journalism is taught in the U.S. The program brings together the top journalism students each year to report on a national issue, headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Pa...

The 91�㽶��Ƶ University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Dec. 13. The Board is scheduled to convene at 2:45 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the Kent Campus Library. Trustees will retire into executive session from 7:30-9 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” Board committees will meet as follows: Committee of the Whole – 9-11 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room. Academic Excellence and Student Success Comm...